Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Ray Davis? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Ray Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.0 points and Ray Davis at 1.7, a gap of 2.3. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (4.0 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ray Davis this week yet, so his 1.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (0.9 and 2.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 4.1 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Ray Davis yet. His market-based projections were 0.9 and 2.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 1.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 2.3 points ahead of Ray Davis on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Ray Davis and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 77 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 15 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Ray Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Ray Davis played 11 percent of BUF snaps, took 3 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Ray Davis, Week 3 against LAC: 5 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 6 against LV: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

In 2025, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Ray Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Ray Davis.